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Charles Sinclair Weeks (June 15, 1893February 7, 1972), better known as Sinclair Weeks, served as United States Secretary of Commerce from 1953 until 1958, during President Eisenhower's administration. ==Biography== Weeks was born in West Newton, Massachusetts, to John Wingate Weeks, who was a United States congressman, and Martha Aroline (née Sinclair). Weeks graduated from Harvard University, served on the U.S.-Mexico border with the U.S. National Guard in 1916, and served in the World War I. He was a businessman in various industries for much of his adult life. He was also the mayor of Newton, Massachusetts from 1930 to 1935. He was a United States Senator from Massachusetts from February 8, 1944, when he was appointed by Governor Leverett Saltonstall following the resignation of Henry C. Lodge, Jr., who went to serve in World War II, until December 19, 1944, when a new senator was elected. Weeks did not run in that election. Weeks was a member of the United States Republican Party and served as the member of a Republican National Committee from 1941 to 1953. He was the treasurer of the party from 1940 to 1944. Weeks was the president of the American Enterprise Association from 1946 to 1950. President Dwight Eisenhower appointed him the United States Secretary of Commerce from January 21, 1953 until November 10, 1958. Weeks married the former Beatrice Dowse on December 4, 1915. They had three sons and three daughters, Frances W.H. Lawrence, John W. Weeks II, Martha Sinclair Weeks Sherrill, Sinclair Weeks II, Beatrice Weeks Bast, and William D. Weeks. Weeks married Jane Tompkins Rankin on January 3, 1948. Sinclair and Jane Weeks had no children. He died on February 7, 1972, at age 78, in Concord, Massachusetts. He is buried in Summer Street Cemetery in Lancaster, New Hampshire. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sinclair Weeks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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